Display stand for collars



p 1938- M. GLADS'YI'ONE 2,129,927

DISPLAY STAND FOR COLLARS Filed Aug. 16,- 1937 I INVENTOR MATTHEW Gl/WSTONE ig a 9% ATTORNE Patented Sept. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE 4 Claims.

My invention deals with a collar display stand, and more particularly, with such a stand suitable for displaying a collar either with, or without, a tie; and so shaping and constructing the stand that the tie knot can be easily formed without any danger of breaking the seaming thread of the tie.

Most ties, and all of the better and medium grade of ties are made with a loosely stitched seam in the back sewed with a single thread running the full length of the tie. This construction permits the .tie to be pulled so that a proper knot can be formed, but if the thread is caught in any manner, or the tie is held fast and pulled and strain placed on the thread, it breaks and the tie is spoiled. Thus, it is essential that no strain be placed on the thread itself when forming the knot of the tie. When a tie is knotted with the collar on a persons neck, no strain is placed on the tie as the collar, shaped to conform to the user's neck, provides ample room for the tie to be moved inside the collar. If, however, the collar were not resting in its normal position, the tie inside the collar would become bound in the collar and on tying, or positioning the knot, strain would be placed on the tie and thread which might result in the breaking of the thread. It is my object to construct a stand on which the collar can be displayed and the tie knotted in the collar without danger of breaking the stitching thread, or spoiling the tie. In order to construct such a stand, I provide a disk with vertical sides terminating in a flange sloping downward and forward towards the front, or having the flange and side part of the stand conform to the shape of the collar. ture on which the collar can rest as it would rest on a person.

Further and more specific details and objects of my invention will be shown and described in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a stand carrying a collar and tie; Fig. 2 is an elevation of my stand; and Fig. 3 is a section looking upward. In the drawing, my stand, in general, is represented by the numeral I. It is comprised of the supporting part 2 and the head 3.

The head 3 is provided with the circular vertical sides 4 and the level top 5. The sides extending downward from the level top terminate in a circular flange 6 which slopes downward and forward toward the front of the stand. The

under part 8 of the head slopes inward and a downward from the flange toward the supporting part and terminates in a level portion 9. This level portion 9 may be elliptical as shown,

In this way, I provide a struc-- or can be of any other desired shape. The purpose of this level part is to provide a base for the supporting part so that the head may rest evenly and serves to indicate the front of the stand which is the lowest portion of the flange, the flange at its lowest point being in the plane of the end level portion.

The collar rests on the stand with the band of the collar resting against the sides of the head and the bottom edge of the band resting on the flange. As the flange slopes downward and forward in the same manner as a persons neck line, the collar rests normally on the stand touching at all points without being twisted out of position in any way. This permits the tie placed in the collar to be moved at will and positioned while the knot is being formed without any danger of thetie becoming bound or held by the collar and eliminating all danger of harm to the tie.

As the details described and drawing shows very specific-ally certain improvements for a collar display stand and since many modifications and changes may be made in the same invention without changing or departing from the spirit and scope of the ideas conveyed in the specific description; therefore, I desire to cover all modifications, forms and embodiments of my ideas coming within the language and scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A collar display stand having a circular element, having a horizontal surface, vertical sides terminating in a flange positioned at an angle to the surface.

2. A collar display stand having a circular element, having a horizontal upper surface, vertical sides terminating in a flange positioned at an angle to the upper surface and said flange ter- 4.. A display stand comprising a supporting 5 part, and a head part, said head part resting centrally positioned on said supporting part and shaped with circularly vertical sides terminating in a flange so positioned as to form a ring around the vertical sides sloping downward and forward toward the front of the stand.

MATTHEW GLADSTONE. 

